Helpless Chords by Phillipa Soo

[F] Ooh, I do, [Bb] I do, I do, I do [Gm] Hey!.
[F] .
Ooh, I do, [Bb] I do, I do, I do.
[F] Boy, you're gettin' hopeless.
[Am] [Bb] Look into your eyes and the sky's [F] the limit I'm hopeless.
[Bb] Down for the count and I'm drowning [Fm] in them.
I had never been the type to try and grab the spotlight.
We were at a revel with some rebels on a hot night.
Laughin' at mysteries, she dazzled in the moon.
Then you walked in and my heart went boom.
Time to catch your eye from the side of the ballroom.
[Bb] Everybody's dancin' in the band's top [F] volume.
Grind to the rhythm as we whine and dine.
Grab my sister and whisper, yo, this one's [Dm] mine.
Ooh, my sister [F] made a way for some to you.
And I got nervous thinkin' [Bb] what you're gonna [F] do.
She grabs you by the arm, I'm thinkin' I'm through.
You look back at me and suddenly I'm helpless.
[Bb] Look into your eyes and the sky's the [F] limit I'm helpless.
Down [Bb] for the count and [F] I'm drowning in them I'm hopeless.
[Bb] Look into your eyes and the sky's the [F] limit I'm helpless.
I [Bb] know I'm down for the [F] count and I'm drowning in them.
[C] Where are you taking me?.
I'm about to change your life.
By all means, lead the [F] way.
Skylar, it's a pleasure to meet you [C] Skylar.
My sister, thank you for all your service.
If it takes fighting a war for us to meet, it will have been worth it.
[Am] I'll leave you to [Gm] it.
[Fm].
One week later, I'm writing a letter nightly.
Now my life gets better every letter that you write me.
Laughing at my sister, she wants to form a harem.
I'm just saying, if you really loved me, you would share a home.
Two weeks later, in the living room, sistin'.
My father's lone faced while you're asking for his lesson.
I'm dying inside as you whine and dine.
And I'm trying not to cry.
Cause there's nothing that your mind can't do.
My father [F] makes his way, goes through you.
I panic for a second, [Bb] thinking we're through.
But then he [F] shakes your hand and says, be true.
[C] And you turn back to me, [F] screaming.
[Bb] [F] I'm [Bb] helpless.
Down for the count and I'm drowning [F] in them I'm helpless.
This morning at the [Bb] boy's house.
[F] .
[Bb] Down for the count and I'm [F] drowning in them.
Eliza, I don't have a dollar to my name.
An acre of land, a troop to command.
A dollar for fame, all I have is my honor.
A tolerance for [Bbm] pain.
A couple of college credits and my top notch [F] brain.
Insane, your family brings out a different side of me.
Peggy confides in me, Angelica tried to take a bite of me.
No stress, my love for you is never in doubt.
We'll get a little place in Harlem [Bb] and we'll figure it out.
[Dm] I've been living [F] without a family since I was a child.
My father left, my mother died.
I grew up buck wild, [Bb] but I'll never forget my mother's face.
That was real, [Fm] as long as I'm alive, Eliza.
[D] Swear to God, you'll never feel [F] so.
I dare you, Eliza.
I dare you, I dare you.
I [C] never felt [Dm] so alone.
[Bb] Down for the count and I'm drowning [F] in them.
My life is broken, fine, cause Eliza's in [Bb] it.
I look into your eyes and the [Dm] sky's the limit.
[Bb] Down for the count and I'm drowning in [F].
them.
[Dm] In New York, you can be a [F] new man.
In New York, you can be [Bb] a new man.
In New York, you can [Eb] be a new.
[Bb] [F] [N] .